I hope you can help, sometimes a backup task will fail, usually a transient VSS error, and re-running the backup will normally complete successfully. What I am trying to do is use the event filter within Task Schdeuler to trigger the backup to restart. I've had no problem doing this from just targeting the EventID (5635) but I have a number of backup jobs running so I need to be more specific which is where I'm coming up against a brick wall.
The XML event data looks like this:
<EventData>
<Data>
Backup job Server Backup 1 completed with warnings. Major Warning: One or more Hyper-V guests have reported errors that could result in an incomplete backup. Check each guest's event log and review any errors reported. Major Warning: Volume Shadow Copy Error 0x800423f4 - writer error: non retryable Destination: Local hard drive Bytes: 7191744309979 Start time: 01/01/2021 22:00:02 End time: 01/01/2021 22:12:25 Duration: 00:12:23.0745879 Job Execution ID: 1.679
</Data>
</EventData>
I am trying to get the event filter to pick up on the "Server backup 1" text and I'm using the following query:
<QueryList>
<Query Id="0" Path="Application">
<Select Path="Application">*[System[Provider[@Name='BackupAssist'] and (Level=3) and (EventID=5635) and *[EventData[Data[1]='Server Backup 1']]]]</Select>
</Query>
</QueryList>
However this doesn't trigger when the event is recorded. I am suspecting it's a wildcard string issue but I am not sure.
Any help gratefully received Rob
This is not implemented, the documentation shows you the limitations and lists the three functions that you can use:
[...] Node Tests: Only node names and NCName tests are supported. The "*" character, which selects any character, is supported. [...]
The position function, and its shorthand array reference, is supported (on leaf nodes only).
The Band function is supported. The function performs a bitwise AND for two integer number arguments. If the result of the bitwise AND is nonzero, the function evaluates to true; otherwise, the function evaluates to false.
The timediff function is supported.[...]
You can create a scheduled task with the Event ID trigger to start a remediation script in which you can perform additional verification to determine if the script should proceed further.
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